Aerobic resistance exercise garment

Abstract

An aerobic resistance exercise garment effectively supplements a motion exercise. The garment includes an article of clothing worn on the body with an anchor member worn at the hand or foot. A connecting element is connected to the article of clothing and the anchor member. The connecting element is preferably made of an elastic material so as to offer resistance during the movement of the arm or leg in a motion exercise.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. An aerobic resistance exercise garment to supplement motion exercises comprising an article of clothing worn on the body of the user, said article of clothing including a body portion, a pair of gloves to be worn on the hands of the user, each of said gloves including a palm portion extending to at least the fingers and including a closed loop wrist portion, a pair of feet portions each of which is to be worn on a foot of the user, a pair of anchor members remote from said feet portions, a plurality of elastic cords, each of said cords having two free ends with an intermediate portion, said plurality of cords being arranged in at least two sets of cords, one of said sets of cords comprising at least one cord having one of its free ends attached to a respective one of said gloves at its said wrist portion and the other of its free ends attached to the other of said gloves at its said wrist portion with said intermediate portion of said cord extending through first guides means on said body portion whereby said cord elastically interconnects said gloves to each other to provide resistance to arm movement of the user, and the second set of said cords comprising two cords with each of said cords being attached at one of its free ends to a respective one of said anchor members and being attached are the other of its free ends to a respective one of said feet portions and with its intermediate portion extending through second guide means on said body portion of said clothing whereby each of said elastic cords of said second set elastically interconnects a respective one of said anchor members with a respective one of said feet portions to provide resistance during relative movement between a respective arm and leg of the user. 
     
     
       2. The garment of claim 1 wherein said gloves further comprise said anchor members. 
     
     
       3. The garment of claim 1 wherein said body portion comprises shoulder portions and said anchor members are located at the shoulder portions of said article of clothing. 
     
     
       4. The garment of claim 3 wherein said second set of said cords extend the full length of said article of clothing from the feet portions to the shoulders portions along the back side thereof. 
     
     
       5. The garment of claim 4 including a third set of cords extending from said feet portions to said gloves through third guide means. 
     
     
       6. The garment of claim 5 wherein each of said sets of cords includes a mirror image set of cords with a set of cords extending along the back side and its mirror image set extending along the front side of the garment. 
     
     
       7. The garment of claim 6 wherein said body portion comprises a waist portion and said second and said third guide means are located around the waist portion of said article of clothing. 
     
     
       8. The garment of claim 1 wherein said feet portions are shoes. 
     
     
       9. An aerobic resistance exercise garment to supplement motion exercises comprising an article of clothing worn on the body of the user, said article of clothing including a body portion, a pair of shoes to be worn on the feet of the user, a plurality of spaced connecting members secured to and around each of said shoes, a pair of anchor members to be worn by the user at locations remote from said shoes, each of said anchor members having a plurality of spaced connecting means, a plurality of guide means spaced around said body portion, a plurality of elastic cords, each of said cords having two free ends with an intermediate portion, each of said free ends having a fastening member, each of said cords being detachably attached at one of its said free ends to a respective one of said shoes by its said fastening member being detachably selectively secured to one of said shoe connecting members with at least one other shoe connecting member having no cord attached thereto, the other of said free ends of each of said cords being selectively detachably attached to a respective one of said anchor members by its said fastening member being detachably secured to one of said anchor member connecting means with at least one other anchor member connecting means having no cord attached thereto, and said intermediate portion of each of said cords selectively extending through one of said guide means on said body portion of said clothing with at least one other of said guide means having no cord extending therethrough whereby each of said elastic cords detachably elastically interconnects a respective one of said shoes with said body portion to provide resistance to leg movement of the user and to permit ready replacement by a different elastic cord to vary the resistance in accordance with the selection of said connecting member and said guide means and said connecting means for each of said cords. 
     
     
       10. The garment of claim 9 wherein said body portion comprises shoulder portions and said anchor members are located at the shoulder portions of said article of clothing. 
     
     
       11. The garment of claim 10 wherein each of said cords extends the length of the garment from said shoes to said shoulder portions along the backside thereof. 
     
     
       12. The garment of claim 11 wherein a second set of said cords extends from said shoes to said shoulder portions along the front side thereof. 
     
     
       13. The garment of claim 12 wherein said shoulder portions are padded. 
     
     
       14. The garment of claim 9 wherein each of said anchor members is a glove having a palm portion extending to at least the fingers and having a closed loop wrist portion, said connecting means being located at said wrist portion. 
     
     
       15. The garment of claim 14 including a second set of cords extending from one of said gloves to the other of said gloves at said wrist portions thereof and through second guide means on said body portion of said article of clothing. 
     
     
       16. An aerobic resistance exercise garment to supplement motion exercises comprising an article of clothing worn on the body of the user, said article of clothing including a body portion, a pair of gloves to be worn on the hands of the user, each or said gloves including a palm portion extending to at least the fingers and including a closed loop wrist portion, a plurality of connecting members secured to each of said wrist portions, a pair of anchor members, each of said anchor members having a plurality of spaced connecting means, guide means on said body member, at least one elastic cord, said cord having two free ends with an intermediate portion, each of said free ends having a fastening member, said cord being detachably attached at one of its said free ends to a respective one of said gloves by its said fastening member being detachably secured to said wrist connecting member and being detachably attached at the other of its free ends to a respective one of said anchor members by its said fastening member being detachably secured to said anchor member connecting means, and said intermediate portion of each of said cords extending through guide means on said body portion of said clothing to provide resistance to arm movement of the user and to permit ready replacement by a different elastic cord to vary the resistance. 
     
     
       17. The garment of claim 16 wherein said gloves further comprise said anchor members whereby said cord interconnects one of said gloves with the other of said gloves. 
     
     
       18. The garment of claim 16 wherein said anchor members are a pair of shoes and comprising two of said cords interconnecting each of said gloves with a respective one of said shoes. 
     
     
       19. The garment of claim 18 including a further one of said cords interconnecting said gloves to each other through a further guide means.